- CEO, Hon Hai Precision
- Age: 63
- Source of Wealth: electronics, self-made
- Residence: Taipei, Taiwan
- Country of Citizenship: Taiwan
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 3
Gou is not only one of Taiwan's richest people but he also runs the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer and a key supplier to Apple.
Hon Hai Precision, also known as Foxconn, has seen a slew of bad publicity in recent years with alleged labor law violations and employee suicides. Similar allegations cropped up this fall when reports that students from China's Xian University of Technology were required to work two months in a Foxconn plant before receiving their diplomas.